Final Cut - 'SINS OF THE FATHER'

Here we are, our final cut of the film is complete. I have embedded the video below. Please enjoy.

Construction 6: Re-shoots and Re-edits

After receiving feedback from our target audience, we made a few changes to our film. The main thing we did was to add a new shot into the film that we had previously forgotten to do. This was the shot of the dad looking at a photo of a little girl and then that photo triggering a flashback. We went out and shot this efficiently.
Another major change, was that we changed the name of our film to 'Sins of the Father' - a much more intriguing/sinister title than our previous; 'Dad'.


Unfortunately, we were unable to overdub the sound of the dialogue due to not being able to get the same actors, however, we feel that this minor problem does not effect our film that much and we are now happy with the finished product.

Construction 4: Rough Cut

We have now completed the rough cut for our film. I have embedded it below for your viewing. Thank you.

Construction 3: Editing the Footage

We edited our film in Final Cut Express. We did this by capturing the footage and then cutting and editing together the shots onto a timeline. Once we decided that all the shots had been put together correctly, we started to add effects. 

We used was sepia constantly, adding it to every clip to make the film look a little bit more sinister, we changed the saturation of the sepia so that it was not too drastic an effect.

We used sepia again in the flashback scene, though this time we used a high saturation, to give the effect that the scene was set a long time ago. We also used a transition to make the scene fade back into real time. 

For the indent and opening film titles we used a black background with white typewriter effect. The reason for such simplicity was so that viewers weren't distracted by elaborate titles, and instead studied the main content of our film.

Construction 2: Shooting on Location

We have now conducted the shooting for our film. We as a group had a few disputes when it came to agreeing on what shots we needed and which ones we didnt. This has however been resolved and our shooting has now been completed.

Our first shots were of Bloxwich Police station and establishing shots of GWPAHS. This went well, and was managed in quite a short amount of time. Our next shots were of the flashback scene we have in our film. This was at first problematic, mainly because the little girl we had cast in the film was uncomfortable acting in front of strangers like myself. We therefore cast a different girl, who acted out our scenes very well and the scene was a great success. The last bit of filming was done outside GWPAHS, this made up the main bulk of our film. This was also a successful shoot.


Lessons we have learned from this shoot most definitely would have to be that we need to be FULLY organised before a shoot, so we avoid inner team disputes which is not healthy for a media group that needs to rely on each of the members.

Construction 1: Preparing for the Shoot

Now that all our research and planning for the film is complete, it is time we began preparations for actually shooting the film. Listed below is a list of equipment we will need to secure in order to conduct our shoot:-

• Video Camera (with DV tape for recording footage)
• Tripod
• Clapperboard
• Our Props (car, photo, school report, childish drawing, suitcase, schoolbag)
• Costumes

We have each been assigned a role for shooting, these are:-

Director - Jess

Camera - Rebecca

Sound Recording - Rebecca and Jess

Managing Actors and Scripts - Dean (myself)

Spotting Continuity - Dean (myself)

Costumes - Laura

Now that that is all organised and sorted, we are able to begin shooting.